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I’ d been introduced to Kiwi culture of sorts, sat in the bar of the Waitaki Hotel as a cohort of older locals drank jugs of beer and discussed the community’ s politics. We were told the same thing happens every day.
The television was playing the opening race of the Formula One Grand Prix season, a local was representing New Zealand on the world stage yet local politics took
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